Skeining or winding cylinder.



No. 755,096. BATENTED MAR. 22, 1904.` J. H. YOUNG-. SKEINING 0R WINDING CYLINDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 22, 1903.

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UNITED STATES Patented March 22., 1904.

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SKElNlNC-. ORWINDING CYLINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. l755,096, dated March 22, 1904.

Application hled June 22, 1903. Serial No. 162,560. (No model.)

`To all whom, t may concern:

.Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Northampton, in the county of Hampshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have inventedva new and useful Skeining or Winding Cylinder, of which the following is a specification.

' My invention relates to vimprovements in cylinders upon which silk, thread, and various other materials may be wound and formed into skeins, if desired, .in which certain segmental peripheral portions are collapsiblethat is, one edge of each of such portions may be drawn inward toward the center and again thrust outward into position to form a part of a continuous or unbroken periphery; and

the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a cylinder with peripheral segmental plates each pivotally attached at one edge to a xed part of the cylinder, so that it can swing inward, and thus break up the uni-v formity of the outer surface of the cylinder;

second, to provide such a cylinder which may be adapted to be internally heated; third, to furnish simple, easily-manipulated, and quickacting mechanism for operating such segmental plates, and, fourth, to embody in a practicable and efficient device the improved features of my invention. I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal section on lines 9c .considerable length and that the arms which I support the fixed segmental plates and steampipes when usedand the operating mechanism for the collapsible segmental plates may be reproduced at such intervals as may be rehubs adapted to receive the shaft 1, fixed peripheral segmental plates 4, carriedA by arms 5, and collapsible peripheral segmental plates 6, both Ithe fixed and movable segmental pla-tes being hereinafter termed segments The end plate 3 is cut away at 7 to permit the segments 6 to be collapsed, as hereinafter explained. There are illustrated four of each kind of segments alternately arranged, the same number of arms 5 lin each group or set and o f course a like number of cuts or openings 7 in the end plate'; but it will be understood that more or less than this number of parts and openings may be required and employed.

Each set of the aforesaid arms 5 has a central hub 8 to receive the shaft 1, and the outer end of each of said arms is rigidly attached to one of the fixed segments 4. The arms 5 also furnish suitable supports Afor the steampipes 9, by means of which the cylinder may be heated. In case it is desired to use the cylindery for winding or skeining purposes alone, no lmeans being required for drying the material wound thereon, the steam-pipes may be omitted from the construction.

Near each end of the cylinder and as often as may be required between I provide collars 10, which are mounted on the shaft 1, being pinned or otherwise made fast thereto. Each collar 10 has four links 11 pivoted thereto at 12. The outer end of each link 11 is'pivoted at 13 to earsli, extending inwardly from the corresponding segment 6 near one edge. The opposite edge of the segment is provided with lugs 15, pivoted at 16 to ears 17, extending inwardly from the adjacent fixedsegment 4.,

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the hubs on the end plates 2 and 3. The outer end of the crank-arm 20, beyond its handle 21, terminates in a sleeve 22, through which a pin 23 is adapted to pass and thence into and through suitable openings in the end plate 3 and the adjacent arm 5 to lock the independently-movable parts together and cause the cylinder to revolve with the shaft 1.

When the parts stand as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the periphery of the cylinder is unbroken, and such cylinder is therefor in condition to have silk, thread, or other material wound thereon as it is rotated by the shaft 1; but after the winding process has been completed and it is desired to remove the material arranged in skeins or otherwise from the cylinder it is necessary to disconnect the power by which the shaft is driven and withdraw the pin 23, so as to disconnect the crank-arm 19. Now by holding the cylinder, if necessary, in any convenient manner, as with the hand, and operating the shaft 1 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2, through the medium of the crank-arm 20, it will be seen that, the links 11, which are attached to the collars 10, fast on said shaft, will draw inward the associated edges of the segments 6, which segments turn upon the pivots 16. This operation can be easily performed, since the end plates 2 and 3 and the hubs 8 are loosely mounted on the shaft 1, while the collars lO are tight thereon. The left-hand ends of the segments 6 operate against the inside face of the end plate 2; but in order to facilitate the easy removal of the material wound upon the cylinder from the right-hand end it is necessary that the device shall be collapsible at this end. Hence the right-hand ends of said segments are received into the openings 7. These ends of the segments 6 are provided with inwardly-extending lips 24, which lap over the end plate 3 and operate against the outside face thereof. The openings -7 in the plate 3 permit the segments 6 to be drawn inwardly in the manner just described, and the lips 24 serve to close these openings when said segments are expanded or thrust outward. Of course the lips 24 may, if desired, be located a little remote from the end of the segments 6 and adapted to operate against the inside face of the plate 3.

The means of mounting the shaft 1 and for connecting and disconnecting the same with and from a source of power and the steampipe connections are not illustrated or described, for the reason that they form no part of the invention and for the further reason that recourse may be had to a variety of means and methods for these purposes.

After the material has been removed from the cylinder a reverse motion of the crankarn 2O actuates the segments 6 outward and lreturns all o f the parts to their normal position. The pin 23 is then inserted through the sleeve 22 into the cylinder and the device is again ready for winding more silk or other material.

This cylinder is a modification of the cylinder set forth in United States Letters Patent No. 688,917, issued to me December 17, 1901, reference to which patent may be had for the purpose of obtaining further detailed information in regard to the art in which this invention is included.

If the cylinder is intended to be used permanently without the steam-pipes or other internal heating appliances, the lips 24 may be omitted and other minor changes made in the construction, such as substituting spiders for the end plates or even omittingl the end members altogether; but the preferred form of `my invention is that shown.

I do not wish to be confined to the pin 23 as a means for locking and unlocking the parts, as it is obvious that various other appliances are adaptable for this purpose. Furthermore, it will be clearly seen that various changes of minor importances, particularly in relation to the collapsing mechanism, may be made without departing from the nature of my invention, which is intended to include all mechanical equivalents.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a shaft, a skeining or winding cylinder comprising fixed members loosely supported on said shaft, collapsible peripheral segments pivotally connected with said fixed members, and means fast on the shaft to operate said segments.

2. The combination with a skeining or winding cylinder comprising fixed members and movable peripheral segments pivotally connected with said fixed members, of a shaft supporting the fixed members but adapted to rotate independently thereof, and means fast on said shaft to operate said segments.

3. In combination, a shaft, a skeining or winding cylinder comprising xed members loosely supported on said shaft and collapsible peripheral segments pivotally connected with said fixed members, means fast on the shaft to operate said segments, and means for locking such members to the shaft as are loosely mounted thereon.

4. In combination, a shaft, a skeining'or winding cylinder comprising fixed members loosely supported on said shaft and collapsible peripheral segments pivotally connected with said fixed members, means fast on the shaft to operate said segments, 'and means adapted to prevent the inward displacement of the segments.

5. In combination, a shaft, a skeining or winding cylinder comprising fixed members loosely supported on said shaft and collapsible peripheral segments pivotally connected with said fixed members, means fast on the shaft to operate said segments, and means IIO adapted to lock the independent movable members to the shaft and'- prevent inward displacement of the segments or to release the same.

6. The combination withaskeining or winding cylinder comprising fixed members and movable peripheral segments pivotally connected with said fixed members, of a shaft supporting the fixed members but adapted to rotate independently thereof, means fast on said shaft to operate said segments, and means adapted to lock the independent movable members to the shaft and at the same time prevent inward displacement of the segments.

7. The combination With a skeining or winding cylinder comprising alternately arranged fixed and collapsible peripheral segments, the

collapsible segments beingpivotally connected with the fixed segments, of a shaft supporting the fixed segments but adapted to rotate independently thereof, and means fast on said shaft to operate the collapsible segments.

8. The combination with a slreining or winding cylinder comprising end plates and fixed members having movable peripheral segments pivotally connected therewith, of a shaft supporting the cylinder but adapted to rotate independently of certain parts thereof, and means fast on said shaft to operate said segments.v

9. The combination of a skeining or winding cylinder comprising end plates and fixed members having movable peripheral segments pivotally connected therewith, one of said end plates being cut away to provide for the inward displacement of said segments, a shaft supporting the cylinder but adapted to rotate independently of certain parts thereof, and

means fast on said shaft to operate the segments. A

l0. The combination of a skeining or winding cylinder comprising end plates and fixed members having movable peripheral segments pivotally connected therewith, one of said end plates being cut away to provide for the inward movement of said segments, inwardlyextending lips on the segments adapted to close the openings in the end plate when the close the openings in the end plate when the segments are outwardly disposed, a shaft supporting the cylinder but adapted to rotate independently of certain parts thereof, means fast on said shaft to operate the segments, and means for internally heating the cylinder.

12. The combination with a'shaft'for a skeining or winding cylinder, of arms loosely mounted on said shaft and having peripheral segments xed to their outer ends, movable peripheral segments pivotally connected with said fixed segments, collars fast on the shaft, and links pivotally connected with said collars and movable segments.

13. The combination with a shaft for a skeining or winding cylinder, of end plates and arms loosely mounted on said shaft, one of said end plates being cut away for the purpose described, fixed peripheral segments mounted on the outer ends of said arms, movable peripheral segments pivotally connected with said fixed segments and provided with inwardlyextending lips adapted to close the aforesaid openings when the movable segments are outwardly disposed, collars fast on such shaft, and

links pivotally connected with said collars and movable segments.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speci ication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JosEPH H. YOUNG.

Witnesses:

F. A. CUTTER, y STEPHEN S. TAFT, Jr. 

